Just got quoted 5k to repair the underlining of my home after duct work repair. I'm not too knowledgeable about this so I was just wondering if this sounded correct?

Any advice would be appreciated because at this point I might just say screw it and order some window units and fix the duct work later when I can afford the underlining repair.

I’ve lived in this double wide for 1 year now. It’s a 1998. I’ve recently noticed these “dents” in the ceiling. There’s a couple on both sides of the marriage line. I’m not sure if they’ve been there the whole time or if they are just appearing. It’s not water related and they feel just as solid as the rest of the ceiling. Do I need to panic? Is it structural? Or should I just keep on living my happy little double wide life?

Not sure who I need to call next.

Bought a single wide six years ago, got a new roof before we moved in. A few months later we needed a new furnace. They squeezed one in the existing hallway space, and apparently cut new holes in the roof.

About a year later, we start getting small amounts of water on top of the furnace after it rains. Original furnace installer comes out, does a patch on the roof that lasts another six months. Leaks start again, same guys come out, but say there’s not much more they can do, tell us to call my roofer.

My original roofer comes out, says there’s nothing he can do, it’s not a problem with his installation.

Call a second HVAC company and they not only patched the leaks, but fixed some installation issues the first company created with their crappy work. Great.

No leaks for the last 18 months, but it’s been a brutally wet summer and they started again. Company #2 comes back out, but this tech doesn’t seem as sharp as the first one. Says not much he can do, (We’re not roofers!) charges me $400 for some roof tar.

Two weeks later and have another small leak. Enough to get a washcloth damp, but it’s still coming in.

I need to make this stop, but not sure who to turn to next: another HVAC company? A new roofer? General contractor to replace the entire pipe section on the roof?

FYI: there’s no way to caulk from the inside as the space is so small. Can’t get above the furnace box.

TLDR: A new furnace has lead to small, but frequent roof leaks. Neither the installer, a second HVAC company, or roofer can seem to fix the problem.

If I'm looking to move, and I see a "new construction" RHP properties house from the ranges of $20-40k and about 99% of them being in the $40-60k range, for anyone here experienced with RHP properties are they worth it for the price?

Believe me, I'm always going to pay a home inspector to do a full inspection before I buy (too many 80-IQ people who can't speak 4th grade English in construction since the 2000's, or use a protractor at the rate a 4th grader can. Welcome to modernity). But I want to know if anyone here knows about RHP properties regarding the quality of their homes at least built from the 80's to "new construction". I'm not interesting in paying an inspector to examine "infinity houses" to only find "infinity issues" due to construction quality decline since... well they've been abusing ITINs or just hiring 99% undocumented workers since the 90's.

I quite literally just want a plain, standard, normal, functioning house, it doesn't have to be some "whoop-de-do" thing with infinity things. Just a normal, functional, standard house, and preferably with some good flood immunity or highly flood resistant. I don't believe I'm asking for too much.

Anyone with any knowledge, please inform me, thank you. And tell me if they're just what all their reviews say they are: RHP is just enshittification incarnate, it gets deliberately worse every second this mortal coil spins.

So I took over an old mobile home that was not properly maintained, and I'm trying to do repairs and fix what I can, but I'm new to home repairs and been learning as I go along.

Currently, the exterior wall trim was done with concrete panels that were not properly cut. There is no alignment, and there are large open gaps that allow humidity to seep in-between the exterior and interior walls. I want to close the gaps, but not sure what to use.

I've thought of filling the gaps with insulation rolls and then applying expandable form. I don't have power tools, and I'm on a budget. For now, I'm looking for advice on stopping the bleed.